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Definition of blackcurrant gall mite in English:

blackcurrant gall mite

noun

  • A minute elongated mite, Cecidophyopsis ribis (family Eriophyidae), which is a pest of currant and gooseberry bushes, especially blackcurrants, living inside the buds and causing the disease ‘big bud’.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1828–1901), economic entomologist.